česnica


Cesnica.

The Česnica is a very traditional soda bread in Serbian cuisine that is made especially at Christmas. It is very common to put inside the bread a silver coin that symbolizes luck and health during all the year that comes for the diner of the family that finds it in its portion. The silver coin is always returned to the head of the family, who uses it every year to make the bread again. Other things are usually put inside, instead of the coin, for example a Badnjak splinter (a special Serbian oak), a walnut, etc.

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